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If you want to raise a Pharisee, just follow these simple steps (sarcasm!). 1. Make the Christian home all about rule-keeping (do’s and don’t’s), but never explain to them why we should follow God’s Word. 2. Add your own rules to God’s Word and make them more important than God’s Word. 3. Strictly enforce the rules on your children, but give yourself a pass. 4. Show your children nothing about grace, forgiveness, mercy and love. 5. Preach at them until they are blue in the face (bore them with the Bible) and never listen to what they have to say about God’s Word. 6. Make Jesus a burden rather than a blessing – make God’s Word a bondage rather than a liberation. 7. Give them no opportunity to think spiritually for themselves. 8. Fail to guide them in a spiritual worldview – teaching them how to process life with the Bible. 9. Praise their externals regardless of their motives. 10. Teach them to obey only because they have to and not because they should also want to as God’s commands come from a loving and trustworthy Father. 11. Make your disciple punishment rather than correction. 12. Demand self-reformation, rather than pointing them to Christ-transformation by grace. 13. Teach them to obey you as God rather than to obey God by obeying you. 14. Use Scripture and church as punishment. 15. Never pray for them. 16. Correct them more than you encourage them. 17. Beat your kids into external conformity, often to simply make yourself look good and do nothing to shepherd their hearts.

Randy Smith

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Taralli (italian Pretzels)

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Italian	Appetizers, Italian, Yeast bread	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2		Yeast cake
1	c	Water, lukewarm
3	c	Flour
1/2	t	Salt
2 1/2	t	Fennel seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

Dissolve the yeast in the water. Add enough of the flour to make a
soft, smooth dough, cover the bowl & leave in a warm place to rise,
about 30 minutes. Sift the remaining flour & salt together & make a
well in the middle. Fill the well with the risen dough & mix well.
Knead vigorously, addding a little more water, if necessary, until  the
dough is smooth & elastic. Roll into a ball, place in a large  bowl &
leave covered with a damp cloth in a warm place for about 2  hours, or
until the dough has doubled.  Divide the dough into 24 pieces. Roll
into small "sausages" about 1/2  inch thick. Shape each sausage into a
ring, closing the ends firmly  together. Arrange them on a floured
baking sheet & leave to rise in a  warm place for about 2 hours.
Sprinkle the rings with fennel seeds & bake in a moderate oven (375  F)
for about 1 hour. They must be crisp.  Per serving: 59 Calories; 0g Fat
(3% calories from fat); 2g Protein;  12g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol;
45mg Sodium Posted to CHILE-HEADS  DIGEST V4 #115 by shade
<liveoak@polaris.net> on Sep 7, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 58 Calories From Fat: 2 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 48.9mg Potassium: 20.3mg Carbohydrates: 12g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 1.6g